1853 - What happened in 1853 ?

January 1853

Thursday 06:

American President-Elect Franklin Pierce, wife Jane, and son Ben are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts. Franklin and Jane survive but eleven year old Ben is killed.

Wednesday 19:

Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome.

Friday 21:

Russell L. Hawes patents the envelope-folding machine.

March 1853

Sunday 06:

The Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata premieres in Venice.

April 1853

Saturday 16:

The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.

July 1853

Saturday 02:

The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War.

Monday 25:

Joaquin Murietta, famous Californio bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.

August 1853

Wednesday 24:

Potato chips are first prepared.

November 1853

Wednesday 30:

Crimean War: The Russian fleet destroys the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Sinope.

December 1853

Friday 30:

20-strong dinner party held inside life-size model of Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.